Helping find lost memories...one photo at a time...

 
 
The National Disaster Photo Rescue project has returned thousands of photos blown away during a disaster. It is a huge effort, requiring both property owners to look around their land for photos, volunteers to gather and clean the photos, more volunteers to scan and categorize photos, and yet more volunteers to meet with disaster victims and help them find their lost memories. Discover How You Can Help
National Disaster Photo RescueBorn out of the aftermath of the May 2011 Joplin, MO tornado, National Disaster Photo Rescue exists to help rescue, save and return photos, documents and other personal memorabilia to owners.
 
Together our small group of volunteers and countless other individuals, businesses and volunteer groups have rescued, cleaned, indexed and stored over 35,000 photos and other documents that were blown from homes and businesses on May 22, 2011 in Joplin and neighboring Duquesne. We have successfully returned almost half of these items. Our goal is to return every single item.
 
We are a volunteer organization operating out of the First Baptist Church in Carthage, MO. To contact us, please email us at NDPR@fbccarthage.org, or call us at 417-358-8161. Please leave a message with the church office and we will contact you as soon as possible.
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Upcoming Volunteer Banquet

If you have been a volunteer for the Lost Photos of Joplin project, you should check your mail for an invitation to our Volunteer banquet! We want to thank each and every one of … [Read More...]

New website to help in returning disaster-lost photos to their owners – Joplin Globe

New website to help in returning disaster-lost photos to their owners - Joplin Globe - According to Thad Beeler, who is both a minister at the First Baptist Church in Carthage, … [Read More...]

Change in Drop Off Locations of Found Photos — Joplin — October 22, 2012

We have received tens of thousands of Joplin's lost photos from near and far, thanks to the help of our many drop-off locations. These drop off spots have been phased out and the … [Read More...]

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Ways to Get Involved
If you live in the Joplin, MO area (or will be visiting) we welcome you to volunteer! We are always looking for local individuals who can help us with photo distribution and other short term or ongoing areas of our project. We are currently looking for tech-savvy individuals to assist our webmaster. Must know how to do simple edits to photo files and be familiar with WordPress and ftp. We are always in need of donations of equipment, paper, printer ink (please ask us what types), and …" [Read More]
Success Stories
We would love to share some success stories! If you have received some of your photos back through our project, please tell us about it! … [Read More]
How to Claim Photos
To claim a photograph found on this site please fill out the photo claim form ... and thanks! Make sure you are choosing the form for the correct city/area: Joplin Missouri, May 22, 2012 Tornado lost photos claim form With your help, all the photos submitted will find their way home … Disclaimer: It is our intention to return all photos and documents to their rightful owners. We cannot remember all of the photos that we have seen, but we do our best to find your missing photos. … [Read More]